One man's trash is another man's treasure

A last effort after my house move was to organize my workbench. After sorting stuff I ended up with a box of
coax, phone wire, speaker wire, plumber’s putty, and two white electrical
switches. All of which I will never use.

I picked up the box and instinctively headed to the trash
can. “Wait a minute” I said to myself,
someone at the office certainly needs this stuff. The next day I offered my stuff to those much
younger home owners, but alas, no one was interested.

I headed to the office dumpster when someone mentioned Craig's List Des Moines. I took a picture and that evening at home
posted a listing in the free category, “box
of phone and speaker wires and more”.

What happened next still amazes me. The next evening I checked to see if anyone
was interested. To my delight I had 15
responses!! They ranged from
“I’ll take it” to asking the exact length of the coax or if there was an Ethernet
cable in the box.

I decided to go with the first response who said they
wanted the entire box. The time was 10:23 PM. Two hours after I made the
post.

My stuff that I was going to throw away will have another
life. I am now a believer that if you
try, you can find a new home for your unwanted stuff.

Let me know
interesting ways you have repurposed stuff rather than sending it to the
landfill.

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